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Leader Lake Campground

Leader Lake Rd., Okanogan, Washington 98840 USA

Independent
Pet Friendly
Not Wheelchair
Accessible
Public
Restrooms

“primitive and picturesque camping”

Located near Okanogan, Leader is now open year round. There is a DNR campground at both sides of the lake with boat launching facilities. A diverse population of spiny rays (bass, bluegills, crappie) and rainbow trout makes this lake a favorite among local anglers both in the summer and winter. Expect to catch rainbow trout in the 11-14 inch range in the late spring and early summer, and crappie, bass, and bluegill in the summer, fall, and winter.

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Ratings Summary

3.0 Access

4.5 Location

2.0 Cleanliness

4.0 Site Quality

4.5 Noise

Cell Coverage

Verizon 4G

Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on June 11, 2020

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Reviewed by
michaelsirott

137 Reviews
0 Helpful

April 07, 2015

This is a nice primitive campground situated on the banks of Leader Lake. It requires a WA State Discovery Pass ($35/year) and there's no additional nightly fees. Discovery passes are the sole funding source for WA State parks. Although this isn't a state park, I guess there's some kind of agreement with the Dept of Natural Resources and the parks . It's one of 4-5 such campgrounds in the Okanogan/Omak area.

This is for smaller trailers and RV's only. Most of the campground is inaccessible to any vehicle longer than about 25 feet.

During the winter months the area around the lake is very quiet. During the fishing season there's more activity.

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Nightly Rate: $0.00

Days Stayed: 4

Site Number: -

2 Access

4 Location

3 Cleanliness

3 Site Quality

5 Noise

Cell Coverage Rating

Verizon 4G

Reviewed by
Campendium

June 11, 2020

We got the best spot on the lake, it's on the north side, the first site you come to on the lake. It's a very large pull through spot with your own beach. Nice fire ring, picnic table and gravel, pretty level for the most part. Once we picked up all the trash left by the previous occupant, we really enjoyed it. No garbage service or water, but they have a few faulted toilets around. Really can't beat this site for free. Verizon was on the low side of service but with our booster we had no problems getting 7mb/s. Caught some trout and perch.
There's technically 3 different campgrounds, one to the left which are very spread out down to the boardwalk/dock, the second is to the right as you cross the bridge, there's some tent sites down on the water to the left or a loop of sites to the right, then the third is up and over the hill with half a dozen sites pretty close to each other but a few with good water access.
Beware the road coming in had some very large pot holes, we had to crawl in here.

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Nightly Rate: -

Days Stayed: 6

Site Number: -

4 Access

5 Location

1 Cleanliness

5 Site Quality

4 Noise

Cell Coverage Rating

Verizon 4G

Reviewed by
T.D.W.

93 Reviews
7 Helpful

March 14, 2023

16 sites
No water or trash service
Vault Toilets

No garbage service or water, but they have a few faulted toilets around. Really can't beat this site for free. Verizon was on the low side of service but with our booster we had no problems getting 7mb/s. Caught some trout and perch.
There's technically 3 different campgrounds, one to the left which are very spread out down to the boardwalk/dock, the second is to the right as you cross the bridge, there's some tent sites down on the water to the left or a loop of sites to the right, then the third is up and over the hill with half a dozen sites pretty close to each other but a few with good water access.
Beware the road coming in had some very large pot holes, we had to crawl in here. The road in is Gravel and .4 miles from a paved road. Leader Lake is open Seasonal - closed in winter months.

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